splenius muscle

1. 1.

   either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck

   Synonymssplenius

   Broaderskeletal muscle

Questions about splenius muscle

What does splenius muscle mean?

splenius muscle means "either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck".

What is another word for splenius muscle?

Close synonyms include splenius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is splenius muscle a common word?

splenius muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.